Taking 5 days leave a month also helps. You then work 5 on 4 off, 5 leave days then 3 days off. This way you get 6 months a year 12 days off in a row at full pay.
You can also get another four weeks off unpaid leave and use it up the same way, if you have children under the age of 5. This will give you a full year's worth of 12 days off in a row and another four days during the month as well.
You loose about ten percent of your salary and not fifty percent.
A much cheaper option and you do not have to wait a year.
Good luck with the intergration, and welcome on board.
